My husband, Eric, was invited by his close Catholic friend this weekend on a retreat, "Walk the Talk." Eric relayed how sad it was to see the "gloom-and-doom" style (about the economy and pending job losses that we know will come) of preaching used to enable the all-male congregation to repent through their rosaries and confessions. This, however, is not my main reason for writing.

The Catholic sponsors of this retreat declared any "good" Catholic and any person believing in God could not support a man like Barack Obama, with his abortion views. I agree; I do not support Barack Obama.

We, the public, know that change for good doesn't come from our government with any speed, sometimes not at all. Good, strong, lasting change will always come from within our homes. Please do go to the polling places and vote.

At Judgment day, after our lives are spent, it probably won't matter how many jobs we lost, gained, did or did not have. I believe we will be counseled on what we did and did not support. Fear should not make us who we are - our choices should.